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Ol Onal

Ol Onal script sample
Sample from Bhumij font (used with permission)
See all script details: code, region, status and more
Code Onao
Script type alphabet
Region South Asian
Status Current
Direction LTR
Baseline bottom
Case no
White space between words
Complex behaviors diacritics
OpenType code onao
ISO 15924 Number 296 (left-to-right alphabetic)

Explanation of script details

The Ol Onal script is used in parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand in India to write the Bhumij language (which might be considered a dialect of Mundari).

Read the full description…The script was developed in 1992 as part of a contest for developing a new script for writing the Bhumij language.

Ol Onal is an alphabetical script written from left to right. There are 30 letters, 4 signs, and 10 script-specific digits.

LanguageWriting System
Code
Writing System
Status
SLDR/CLDR
locale
Regional
variants
Mundariunr-Onaoin use unr-Onao-IN

In The Unicode Standard, Ol Onal Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts.